dutch boy

One book by my favorite author, Paul Theroux, it is titled "Siamese Nights." The book is about an American businessman that is posted to Bangkok. It is a fascinating read about how a typical businessman can be taken in and have his life turned upside-down. If you enjoy history, an interesting two part book series titled "The Falcon of Siam" by Axel Alywen is a sweeping historical read about Thailand's early kingdom. Another great book.

What is your point other than creating more animosity and ill-will among posters on this forum. Maybe you should submit a poll asking users who posts the most inane subject matter and tries to create division.

Ya, I get that reaction also when I have my "schlong" out.

Number 5 is the Netherlands and the reason we are happy is that we keep our fingers in the dike. Unfortunately, like much of the EU, the Netherlands is socialist and globalist and possibly communist. Nothing is free in life as they say and those paying the highest price for this socialism are the higher wage earners. So really, there is not much incentive to make a higher wage. 2025 rates for box 1 income Taxable income (EUR) Tax on column 1 (EUR) Tax on excess (%) Over (column 1) Not over 0 38,441* 8.17 38,441 76,817 3,140 37.48 76,817 17,523 49.50

So very true hotsun.

Actually, it would be a good thing for the U.S. to enter a recession. This would finally break the rampant inflation in the United States. The Fed under Biden, was pressured by Biden to not raise interest rates too high as to cause a recession because Biden cared more about his socialist policies than about the America citizens. This unfortunately caused massive inflation in the U.S. But Trump is looking to the future of the U.S. and realizes that in the short run, government spending must come down. Government debt and the huge debt bomb will only be solved by a reduction in spending both by the government and by the private sector.

It will likely be another left-wing globalist DEI candidate as the Democrats have learned nothing about the last election. Possibly Ocasio-Cortez as she fits this definition.

I wonder if he will still get his 72 virgins?

If nothing else, let this be a lesson to the Thai men who kick while a foreigner is on the ground, that you will get hurt if you pick on the wrong foreigner.

And why do you care or are you trying to incite more hatred for Trump?

Netherlands but of course! Thailand would be next to last somewhere near Somalia.

Just like Vietnam and Germany the Ukraine war is not winnable. You cannot win against Russia, the Germans tried that in WW2 with millions of its soldiers and look where it got them. I certainly applaud the Ukraine people for their tough fight but it is hopeless. I think Trump realizes this and is trying to end the slaughter and destruction of the Ukraine.

This might seem strange to some but I am being honest. I live in a three bedroom condo right on Wong Amat Beach facing the beach. I am able to have all four slider doors open for most of the day and have the wind flow through. Today I had to close some because of excessive wind. The best part is that I am always naked as a 'Jay Bird.' Never having to wear clothing. I cannot do that in my home country.

Why is it always the Brits? Do they have a chip on their shoulders?

So true Harrisfan, Europe is a cesspool of socialism and has been riding the coat-tails of the United States since WW2. Europe certainly has the right to be socialist but not the right to have the U.S. support their socialism.

I guess I just do not understand the mind of the left wing socialists in America. Why do they want to waste money on ridiculous projects around the world: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/16/usda-axes-millions-contracts-including-230k-brazilian-forest-gender-consultant/ Spending millions of dollars on “Central American gender assessment consultant.” What is with this fascination with "Gender" amongst the left wing? Are they not happy with themselves and how they were born? Its as if something genetically is screwed up in their minds. They used to put people like this in institutions now they vote for them for President (Biden/Harris.) America is on the right path with Trump as the new President and Musk at the helm of the new DOGE.

I do not live in Jomtien but I also take advantage of these agents. I never do a 90 day report or keep 800K in my Thailand bank account. Not because I do not have the money but because I would rather invest it in my home country. I used to be a good dutch boy, for many years, but have become jaded by the hypocrisy of the Thai society.

Interesting, I might give Stigmata a read. Some of my ancestors where French Huguenots that fled France during the Catholic persecution and moved to the Netherlands.

Only a fool with a death wish gets on a motorbike in Thailand!

So very true, it seems the Thai people are born with a corruption gene from birth. No amount of schooling or training will enable these people to escape their wanton disregard for law. Thailand is a pig with lipstick on and no one is fooled.

A few years ago the police tried to raid a Nigerian church in the Bang Na area of Bangkok. Over one hundred Nigerians fought the police and the police left. https://www.nairaland.com/8223172/nigerian-pastor-arrested-thailand-over

Maybe I just do not understand, why would a real man, not a girly man, want to vote for a diversity woman that cackles like a chicken?

Very Interesting studies. When I met my Thai wife in Thailand she was enrolled at King Mongut University for a PhD in Information Technology. Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the program after I took her back to my country for marriage. We stayed out of Thailand for five years. Now back in Thailand she is again enrolled in a PhD program for Technology Management from a Thai University in Bangkok. This University is not ranked on the list posted on this forum. While back in my country she completed another Master's degree in computer science. She now has two. Even though she now has a good grasp of English in both reading, writing and speaking, it has been a tremendous struggle complete her PhD dissertation in English. I think a universities ranking means nothing to a student who's independent research involves outside sources of information.